Form 8.3 - Phoenix Group Holdings Plc

RNS Number : 8137T

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

12 December 2011

 

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Identity of the person whose positions/dealings are being disclosed:	Lloyds Banking Group plc and its subsidiaries
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Phoenix Group Holdings Plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:	9 December 2011
(f)  Has the discloser previously disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?	No

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:	Ord €0.0001
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	7,351,749	4.214%
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:	7,351,749	4.214%

Class of relevant security:	Lender's Warrants
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	1,261,510	25.230%
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:	1,261,510	25.230%

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
Ord €0.0001	Purchase	42,916	£5.435
Ord €0.0001	Sale	222	£5.435

(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit

(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercising

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

None

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

None

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:	12 December 2011
Contact name:	Glen Johnstone
Telephone number:	0113 235 7729

Dealing Disclosures 
Persons dealing in relevant securities of Phoenix Group Holdings are not obliged to disclose any of their dealings under the provisions of the City Code. 

However, market participants are requested to make disclosures of such dealings of relevant securities of Phoenix Group Holdings as if it were in an offer period under the City Code. For these purposes, the 'relevant securities' of the Company include its ordinary shares and warrants.

Public disclosures regarding dealings in securities of the Company should not be e-mailed to the Panel but released directly through a Regulatory Information Service. 

Phoenix Group Holdings' website (at www.thephoenixgroup.com/investor-relations/corporate-activity) contains further details and the form of disclosure requested.

If you are in any doubt as to whether or not you should disclose dealings, you should contact an independent financial adviser authorised by the FSA under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA).

 

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